Handle



W. l. HOTCHKISS.

HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED r55. 21.. l92l.

Patented May 24, 1921.

7' Wallace J Hocgbkyss I N VENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

PATENT OFFICE.

WALLACE J. HOTCHKISS, OF ALPENA, SOUTH DAKOTA.

HANDLE.

Application filed February 21, 1921.

To all whom it may ounce m:

Be it known that I VVALLACE J. Ho'roH- KISS, a citizen of the IlnitedStates, residing at Alpena, in the county of Jerauld and State of SouthDakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompan ing drawings.

T iis invention relates to handles and more particularly to handles forthe doors of stoves, furnaces, etc.

An object of the invention is to provide a handle of this characterwhich is connected to the door and so arranged that it does not receivethe heat generated within the stove or furnace, so that it may bereadily rasped by the operator without danger of urnlng the hand of theoperator.

Another object is to provide a handle of this character which isconnected to the door of the stove and so disposed that the grip portionof the handle does not come in contact with the heated surface of thedoor or wall of the stove.

A still further ob'ect of the invention is to provide a handle 0 thischaracter which is connected to the door and held in spaced relationthereto so that the operator may open and close the door without reuiring the hand to be disposed adjacent the ieated surface of the door.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a handle of thischaracter which permits the operator to open and close the door withoutstooping.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theimproved construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter moreparticularly described, fully claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a handle constructed in accordancewith an embodiment of the invention, and showing the handle applied to astove door.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the handle applied,

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the supporting band of the handle,

Fig. 4 is a vertical elevation of the hand grip, and

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

eferring to the drawings, 5 designates a supporting plate which issecured to an oven Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mav 24, 1921.

Serial No. 446,678.

door A by fastening means 6 such as rivets or bolts. This plate may besecured at any convenient point from the free edge of the door to thelongitudinal center, as shown in Fig. 1. The plate 5 is provided with alug 7 which extends at right angles to the plate, said lug having anopening 8 for the reception of one end of a chain 9. This chain may beof any type and length desired.

In order to permit the door A to be readily opened without requiring thehand of the operator to come in contact therewith, there is provided anovel hand grip 1O substantially rectangular in cross section, the saidhand grip being constructed preferably of wood and having its rear faceprovided With a pair of recesses 11 of a size to receive the 9 fingersof the operator, so that the operator may grasp the handle firmly. Thegrip 101s connected to the chain 9by a connecting band 12, said bandbeing substantially rectangular and having a lug 13 projecting from theuuper face thereof, said lug having an opening 14 adapted to receive theend link of the chain 9, the rear portion 15 of the band 13 beingconsiderabl thicker than the front portion of the ban so that said rearportion projects beyond the rear surface of the hand grip 10 to providea spacer.

The hand grip 10 is disposed with its rear face parallel to the portion15. The spacer 15 is adapted to engage the stove so as to hold the handgrip in spaced relation thereto. and prevent the hand grip from beingheated. In addition to this, the spacer cooperates with the hand grip toprovide an opening between the stove and the rear face of the hand gripsufficient to admit the fingers of the hand of the user, and in this waythe fingers may be disposed within the re cesses 11 without coming incontact with the stove so that the chain may be moved away from thestove and upwardly to 0 en and close the door. When the hand grlp 10 isreleased, in View of the position of the lugs 7 and 12, the hand will benormally disposed in the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2, thuspreventing the hand grip 10 from coming in contact with the heatedsurface of the stove. In addition to this, the grip is also positionedin spaced relation to the door A, so that the transmission of heat fromany source to the hand grip is prevented, and as the hand grip isrelatively large there is no danger of the same slipping from the handof the operator.

From the foregoing it Will be readily seen that this invention providesa novel form of handle capable of being readily applied to the door ofany stove, furnace or like device in which heat is confined, to permitthe door to be readily opened and closed Without requiring the use of aglove or cloth to prevent the hand from being injured. In addition tothis, the hand grip is so positioned that it does not receive the heatfrom the stove.

Vhat is claimed is:

A handle of the character described comprising a supporting plate, a lugprojecting from one face of the supporting plate, a

chain having one end connected to the lug, a connecting member having alug projecting from one face and adapted to be connected to the oppositeend of the chain, a hand grip disposed in said connecting member, saidhand grip extending beyond each end of the connecting member, one faceof said connecting member extending beyond the adj acent face of thehand grip, to prevent contact of the hand grip with the support of thesupporting plate.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature.

WALLACE J. HOTCHKISS.

